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STANDING ON THE PEEL

September 10 - October 22, 2010

The Liebowitz Art Gallery at the corner of Hurlburt and Alford Roads

Artist's Reception: Friday, September 10th, 5-7pm

The
Exhibitions Program of Bard College at Simon’s Rock announces the opening of
its 2010-2011 season at the Liebowitz Art Gallery with an exhibition by
Stockbridge-based artist Charles Thomas O’Neil.An artist’s reception and gallery talk will take place at
the gallery on Friday, September 10th from 5:00-7:00pm.The Liebowitz Art Gallery is located within the
Liebowitz building at Simon’s Rock, across from the College’s central campus at
the intersection of Hurlburt and Alford Roads.The Art Gallery is open while the college is in session
weekdays 9 – 5 and weekends 12 - 5pm.

Charles Thomas O’Neil was
born in New York City in 1966 and now lives and works in Stockbridge,
Massachusetts.He received his
B.S. in Fine Art and Art History from Skidmore College in 1988.In the summer of 2009 O’Neil’s
abstract paintings were showcased alongside the work of early Modernists from
the collection of the Berkshire Museum in an exhibition called Color and Form: The Language of Abstract Art.In recent years O’Neil has held
solo shows with Lemmons Contemporary Art in Tribeca and Linda Durham
Contemporary Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.The artist’s work can also be found in many public collections including
the Portland Museum of Art, Asiel Corporation, Time-Warner, Inc. and Smith
Barney, Inc.

Standing on the Peel includes new work on panel and copper. The curator
of Color and Form, Helmut Wohl, wrote
that O’Neil’s “manner of working is a fluid process, which he refers to as
‘push and pull’, in which shapes and colors emerge in playful combinations and
interactions, the result of the possibilities that the space offers as well as
those found by the artist as he works.”O’Neil states that his goal is for “the viewer to define what they are
looking at - the forms are real enough to provocatively draw the viewer in but
amorphous enough to keep one guessing.”